June 16 Clinic & School

Went to the rural clinic today, in Chiraa. Olivia and I spent the day in the outpatient walk-in area. Victoria Stephens took vital signs all morning with Anthony, a local. The main language here is Twi, but most people speak English as well. However, it is difficult to understand. I have been able to understand more over the past 3 days but Victoria had to ask the patients to repeat m...any times. It will improve. Saw hypertension, malaria, headaches, cellulitis, umbilical hernia, and molluscum. Very similar to a traditional family practice in America, except the malaria of course. However, very little resources. Only two types of antibiotics available, two kinds of blood pressure medications, no glucose strips to test blood sugar, no supplies to drain an abscess. We did the best with what we had. No babies born today, much to the girls dismay. After we returned to the hotel, we stopped and toured a local Catholic school. The kids are so cute! Want their pictures taken, want to shake your hands. They invited us for traditional Ghananian lunch this week. The people here are so friendly. They call white people Oburoni- it literally means someone from beyond the horizon. It is a term of endearment. Because we a the only oburoni's in the city, everywhere we go people call to us and honk and wave. They try to teach us Twi or want to shake our hands. The US is playing Ghana tonight in the World Cup so they always ask who we think is going to win. Of course we are rooting for Ghana